Spool-holder.



S. M. & S. WECHSLER.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

1,136,854, Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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S. M. & S. WECHSLER.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI3,1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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SPOOL-HOLDER.

Application filed May 13, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SANDER MORDEOAI VVEoHsLuR and SAMUEL VVEoHsLER,citizens of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in thecounty of Guyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in a Spool-Holder; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in spool-holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will hold a large number of spools so that they are readilyaccessible while at the same time they will be locked in the device sothat they cannot be carried off or mislaid.

Our invention therefore consists in the features of construction andcombinations of parts, hereinafter described in the specification,pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to said drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing ourimproved spool-holder. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 8 is anend view. Fig. 4c is a detail view showing the lock.

Again referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent base members whichare adapted to be permanently secured to any suitable support. Thesebase members are preferably rigidly secured together by means of a bar3. In each of the base members is formed a socket (shown at 1 and 5respectively) and in the socket 4: is rigidly mounted an upright post 6which forms the stationary side of the spool-carrying rack or frame. Inthe socket 5 is mounted a short post 7 and the said post 6 and the saidpost 7 are rigidly secured together by a cross bar 8, which forms thebottom member of the said spool-carrying rack. To the upper end of thepost 6 is rigidly secured a top bar 9. In the said post 6 intermediateof the top and bottom bars are mounted the ends of spool-holding rods,shown at 10. These rods 10 are of the proper diameter to permit spoolsbeing slipped thereon and so that the spools will rotate freely thereon.At the top of the small post 7 are hinged two locking bars 13 and 14:and in the inner edges of said locking bars are formed grooves orrecesses 15 and 16 respectively Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Serial No. 838,272.

which are arranged to register with each other and when brought togetherare adapted to inclose the free ends of the spool-holdmg rods 10. Whenthe said locking bars are swung together they form a removable sidemember for the rack and prevent the spools from being removed from thespoolholding rods, but when the said bars are swung apart the emptyspools can be removed from the spool holding rods and new spools placedthereon. In the upper ends of said locking bars are formed registeringslots 18, and at the free end of the top rod 9 is arranged a lock 19,the bolt 20 of which is adapted to enter the slots 18 in said lookingbars and secure the said locking bars together. The key of the lock canbe removed so that the frame can not be opened by any unauthorizedperson.

At the top of the frame and extending parallel with the top bar 9 ismounted a small rod 22 and this rod carries a collar 23 which has a hook24: formed integral therewith. The collar 23 is arranged to slide freelyon the said rod 22 so that it can be placed over any spool in the saidframe and is preferably provided with a thumb screw 25 by means of whichit can be secured against movement on the said rod. At the bottom of theframe and extending from side to side thereof is mounted a coil spring26, the coils of which are arranged very closely together, and thepurpose of this spring is to provide a means for anchoring or holdingthe free ends of the thread from the various spools so that the threadwill not unwind or become entangled.

In order to space the spool from which the thread is being drawn fromthe spools in use a removable spacing device 27 is provided which ispreferably made ofwire and is adapted to be sprung over two of thespool-supporting rods so as to inclose the spool from which the threadis being drawn and prevent the said spool from coming in contact withthe neighboring spools.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that our inventionprovides a very compact spool-holding frame or rack which willpositively prevent the spools when in use from being carried oil ormislaid. The rack also holds the spools in such a position that they arereadily accessible so that the operator need not lose any time inmounting the spool on the machine because all that is necpssary is tofirst separate the spool whl h 5 to be used from the adjoining spools bymeans of the spacing device and then carry the thread from the spoolthrough the hook on the bar at the top of the frame and then down to themachine and the thread will feed freely as desired. I

We do not intend to limit ourselves to the exact construction claimed,as certain variations may be made in the construction without departingfrom the spirit of our invention.

What We claim is.-

1. In a spool-holding rack, the combination of base members, a framemounted on said base members and open at one side, spool-holding rodsmounted in said frame, a pair of locking bars hingedly mounted at I theopen side of said frame, said bars being provided with grooves adaptedto receive the free ends of the spool-holding rods, and means forsecuring the two locking bars together.

2. In a spool-holding .rack, the combination of base members, a rigidframe mounted on said base members, said frame having an opens1de,,spood-hold1ng rods mounted in said frame, a pair of locking barspivotally mounted at their lower ends at the open side of said frame,said bars being provided with grooves adapted to receive the free endsof the spool-holding rods, means for securing said locking bars togetherand to said frame, a thread guiding device supported at the top of theframe and adjustable longitudinallv thereof, a coiled spring arranged atthe bottom of the frame and adapted to engage the free ends of the goingspecification, in the presence of two witnesses SANDER MORDECAIWECHSLER. SAMUEL WEGHSLER,

Witnesses:

VICTOR C. LYNCH, B. O. BROWVN,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, .D. G.

